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We get 4 good portions out of 500g of mince in bolognese, I always grate a carrot and a courgette into mine aswell along with a whole onion, 4 or 5 cloves of garlic, a red pepper, maybe some mushrooms and add 2 tins of tomatoes which helps stretch it and kids get veggies without knowing 🤣 (the grated veg basically disintegrates into the sauce after bubbling for an hour)
I use far more veg and it doesn't go anywhere. Lasgane seems to be hoovered up no matter how many portions I make.
Edit my usual soffrito is 4kg and I go from there
No she dosnt like mince. But she’s away at the minute so surely it’s better to fill my face with bolognese than spend the mortgage money down the lappy??
My daughter can be funny about mince, I used to make the sauce up separately then have a non mince version and add the rest to the mince
But now I just give her a spoonful of mince to try and get her to eat
There's worse you could be doing with your money than a pasta dinner 😄
After far too long working in hospitality I’ve got to know a lot of dancers (strip clubs are open when you close your bar and they let you in for free so you just go drinking) I can categorically say you would get further with any of them by flashing a Tupperware full of fresh spaghetti than you would flashing your wallet.
Depends if you lift weights and are of a substantial size. Then it’s completely normal. But I do understand that’s a rare case, just normal within the community so I didn’t blink an eye!
So we use 250 g of mince to feed two adults and a child in the sort of meal lol. So 500g by our usage would be for five adults, which I believe is about the recommended amount you should be having. That being said if I was having a fat day I could definitely eat all of that quite happily haha
Greedy for one portion but if you serve a small portion as your primi course, followed by more for secondi and then have leftovers whilst still sat at the table (or tray on your lap, no judgement) then it's the perfect amount.
That’s a huge meal, I’m honestly impressed you can eat that. I love pasta bolognese and when I make bolognese with a similar recipe to yours 500g mince does me 4-5 portions, and it still feels like a massive plate of food.
You know how McDonalds 1/4lb burger is their "big one", and most places (including McDonald's now) offer a 1/2lb burger option... Well 500g is over 1lb of meat, before we get to anything else. It's a substantial amount of food, but greedy? I mean, if you're hungry enough to eat it all then you're not being greedy are you, you're just eating an appropriate amount!
Sounds delicious by the way - enjoy!
But do they eat said steak with a (probably) massive side of pasta AND garlic bread? They need to invent a new word cos greedy just isn’t enough for what this man is questioning.
That being said, go on lad!!!!
Yeah, that's a decent portion; but when I've made it alone. I've dished half (maybe a bit more) then not long after gone back to finish the rest. Same with a curry 500g of chicken.
Depends how much pasta as well, and what else you eat in a day of course, but for one meal, it's a 'healthy' portion. Not in the actual healthy sense lol
If you aren't doing it everyday, don't worry. If that's what you do all the time. Yeah; cut it down.
Basic of anything is calories in vs calories out. Regardless of what it is (basic). That's a lot of calories for one meal.
I regularly make Shepard's/cottage pie with 500g mince and eat it for dinner and then supper. I used to intend to save half of it for lunch the next day but I don't even kid myself anymore.
Like you said it also depends on your lifestyle and other meals. I don't eat breakfast and usually have a small lunch or no lunch so that's my only meal for the day.
Are you going to eat the whole lot in one meal? Then I’d say yes that’s greedy! I use 500g with onion/celery/garlic/herbs and 2 cartons of passata. This does 8 servings of pasta.
But if you’re going to enjoy it, go for it!
In the past I made a *really good* tagliatelle Bolognese to portion into 8 and freeze the rest with a kilo of mince, a whole load of onions etc.
Of course all the Bolognese was gone that night! (Luckily I'd only done one portion of pasta at least.)
Depends on your size and how much energy you burn up. Like when I used to work out a lot I could have eaten that for lunch and had the same again for tea and still need more food. Now, while I'm taking a break from working out I'd split that meal in 2 and have it as my main meal for two days, probably even skip the garlic bread.
I think there’s no greedy mince tagliatelle police.
I’d add another red onion and bell pepper to balance out the flavor so the meat taste isn’t overpowering.
But you do you!
I cook my ragu with 500g beef mince and 400g pork mince, 500g of soffrito, a whole bottle of red wine, a whole tube of tomato puree, one tin of Italian chopped tomatoes, Italian herbs and a couple of beef stock cubes.
That amount is enough for me to make 4 lots of spaghetti/tagliatelle/rigatoni ragu for three people (12 portions of sauce).
I don’t think I could manage 500g of mince plus garlic bread on my own!
Your tomato puree to tinned tomato ratio is absolutely bonkers. I do a tablespoon of puree for a can, with a few cherry toms thrown in before the simmer.
It’s because I use a whole bottle of wine plus I rinse the tin with water to get all the tomatoes out and add that as well. It works.
People also question the lack of garlic in my method. It doesn’t need it at all.
I bet you're full 🤣 I'm currently lean bulking so I'm eating a lot of food especially protein, and I would personally split this in two. But fair do's, hope it was delicious!
Some people eat a lot… I don’t think it’s greedy at all! Unless…. you’re saying that the 500g was meant for the both of you, and your Mrs doesn’t have anything else to eat.. then yeah.. maybe you are a tad greedy. lol!
500g with only one tin of tomatoes will make a much thicker bolognaise which will obviously serve fewer people. I usually use 3 tins with 500g meat and it serves 4 generously.
Half a kilo of meat is generally quite a lot, if you were eating just this for bodybuilding I’d get it, but as part of a meal it’s not a small amount. Take your personal weight and see how much .5kg is, I bet you’ll be surprised
Mince - short for minced beef .
Mince meat - not meat , but fruit , suet & sugar .( pie filling )
Seems deliberately confusing , look for the D at the end of mince if following a uk recipe , else you might end up with a really weird meal . Like a Christmas pie tasting cottage pie or a cottage pie tasting dessert .
500g would do four portions here, as a 'bolognish' on spag/tag etc, with a bit of a side salad. I wouldn't need bread with it.
There are only two of us, so eat half, freeze half.
There's absolutely no way I could get through all that to mayself.
I eat an obscene amount of food so don't use me as an average but I wouldn't consider that unmanageable, give is it for tea and supper and it's not even an issue - don't listen mate, you'll waste away avin little portions, get the 500g cooked n get it wolfed down.
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Yes it is greedy and go for it.
Exactly. Live life on the FUCKING EDGE MAN
If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.
I think he may be off the edge being so mental
You know what sometimes I just dont. care. And it’s all gone !!
You could probably portion it up maybe get your dinner plus 2 freezer meals Does your wife not like it?
We get 4 good portions out of 500g of mince in bolognese, I always grate a carrot and a courgette into mine aswell along with a whole onion, 4 or 5 cloves of garlic, a red pepper, maybe some mushrooms and add 2 tins of tomatoes which helps stretch it and kids get veggies without knowing 🤣 (the grated veg basically disintegrates into the sauce after bubbling for an hour)
I use far more veg and it doesn't go anywhere. Lasgane seems to be hoovered up no matter how many portions I make. Edit my usual soffrito is 4kg and I go from there
No she dosnt like mince. But she’s away at the minute so surely it’s better to fill my face with bolognese than spend the mortgage money down the lappy??
My daughter can be funny about mince, I used to make the sauce up separately then have a non mince version and add the rest to the mince But now I just give her a spoonful of mince to try and get her to eat There's worse you could be doing with your money than a pasta dinner 😄
what's the lappy?
My guess: lap dancing club!
I was wondering why it's a binary choice then I thought about getting a lapdance with half a kilo of mince in me and I get it now
Why not do both at the same time ? Live a little !
I’ll be honest, sounds like one hell Of a night.
The dancers love it when you tuck some Spag Bol into their thong as a tip.
After far too long working in hospitality I’ve got to know a lot of dancers (strip clubs are open when you close your bar and they let you in for free so you just go drinking) I can categorically say you would get further with any of them by flashing a Tupperware full of fresh spaghetti than you would flashing your wallet.
Wow never thought of that
Yes? Jesus Christ that feeds 3 people.
It feeds my family of 4! It's a lot of meat.
Greedy? It’s completely outrageous tbh but go for it if you want. That’s easily enough for 4 good size adult portions.
Would use that for 4 also. Then I would also have celery and carrot in there, and maybe 2x cans tomato.
Depends if you lift weights and are of a substantial size. Then it’s completely normal. But I do understand that’s a rare case, just normal within the community so I didn’t blink an eye!
That's enough mince for 3 meals.🫣
I get five meals out of that 😭 but that’s student living for you
Try bulking it out with pearl barley, has the texture of chunky peices of mince...
Soya mince from Holland and Barrett or finely chopped mushrooms as well would do that. But don’t overdo the soya mince.
If i ate that much mince in 1 sitting (Which i could) i would not be able to do a Tom Tit for a week. Enjoy.
On one hand. Yea that’s way too much food for one person On the other hand. GET IT DOWN YA LAD!!!!
That’s a lot of meat for one person! I normally use that amount to feed four adults. Freeze the extra portions for another day
500g of mince (solely) does me for 2 lunches, and I’m stuffed from it. I’m also a big lad…
Your lunch is mince on it's own?
All day long, I season it with bbq or garlic and herb, while it cooks. That’s all I need to see me through the day 😎
People at your workplace call you The Mince Man behind your back
AKA - The Milky Bar Kid
At least they don’t call you The Mincer I suppose
Ain't no way you're a big lad on 500g of mince a day what the hell
Not per day, per dinner/lunch mate
Yes, but as long as you're not dealing smack to schoolkids who the fuck cares? Nom the fuck on 👍
To eat in one sitting? Yeah! lol
Just the thought of it makes me feel a bit sick
500g of mince would be a decent serving for 3 people.
Fuckin get it down ya lad!
500g is a lot, but I’m shocked by the full bulb of garlic for one person! Was it confit garlic?
Yeah, and have a wheel of cheese with it, why not.
So we use 250 g of mince to feed two adults and a child in the sort of meal lol. So 500g by our usage would be for five adults, which I believe is about the recommended amount you should be having. That being said if I was having a fat day I could definitely eat all of that quite happily haha
Yeah, 500g does 4 people with a "lunch" to spare (for us).
How much pasta?
Greedy for one portion but if you serve a small portion as your primi course, followed by more for secondi and then have leftovers whilst still sat at the table (or tray on your lap, no judgement) then it's the perfect amount.
Holy hell that’s a lot! I’m not even sure I could eat so much with the pasta and sauce added
That’s a huge meal, I’m honestly impressed you can eat that. I love pasta bolognese and when I make bolognese with a similar recipe to yours 500g mince does me 4-5 portions, and it still feels like a massive plate of food.
You know how McDonalds 1/4lb burger is their "big one", and most places (including McDonald's now) offer a 1/2lb burger option... Well 500g is over 1lb of meat, before we get to anything else. It's a substantial amount of food, but greedy? I mean, if you're hungry enough to eat it all then you're not being greedy are you, you're just eating an appropriate amount! Sounds delicious by the way - enjoy!
Exactly. Thank u
Seems a lot but people happily eat a 18oz steak which is the same weight.
But do they eat said steak with a (probably) massive side of pasta AND garlic bread? They need to invent a new word cos greedy just isn’t enough for what this man is questioning. That being said, go on lad!!!!
Fuck me, we have 250g for 4 adults you animal. TBH I'm just jealous
Eat what you like! It’s a treat, not an everyday thing.
*the ragu should merely kiss the pasta and shouldn't be the main event*....oh fk it, crack on and add loads of cheese too.
Yeah, that's a decent portion; but when I've made it alone. I've dished half (maybe a bit more) then not long after gone back to finish the rest. Same with a curry 500g of chicken. Depends how much pasta as well, and what else you eat in a day of course, but for one meal, it's a 'healthy' portion. Not in the actual healthy sense lol If you aren't doing it everyday, don't worry. If that's what you do all the time. Yeah; cut it down. Basic of anything is calories in vs calories out. Regardless of what it is (basic). That's a lot of calories for one meal.
I regularly make Shepard's/cottage pie with 500g mince and eat it for dinner and then supper. I used to intend to save half of it for lunch the next day but I don't even kid myself anymore. Like you said it also depends on your lifestyle and other meals. I don't eat breakfast and usually have a small lunch or no lunch so that's my only meal for the day.
I usually get atleast 4 meals out of a pack of mince, more if it's a lasagne or something.
Honestly? The calorie count for the mince alone makes me twitch, but you do you.
Have you got your big plate, Alan?
Eddie Hall used to have 500gr mince and 500gr pasta for dinner. You do what you want, but it's a hefty portion.
Over a pound of meat. That's a lot, even for my fat ass.
For comparison, I use 500g of mince when batch cooking chilli con carne. It makes 4 portions.
Mate I use 750 g just for me
Good lad.
500g for one person’s single portion is excessive.
I usually get four portions out of 500g.
Yep. I made a chilli this week with 500g. It did me and my partner and we froze the rest and it’ll do another meal for us both.
If you buy a takeaway pizza or a Chinese it will be the same if not more calories. At least you know what is going into it. Enjoy!
Exactly. Thank u
Nah mate youre being fat i could get 56 meals out of that anf also feed half of mongolia
56? Are you a small rodent? If you are Then I’m rich I’ve found a talking mouse
you could freeze what you dont eat for an easy meal later
True but thst didn’t happen!!
Are you going to eat the whole lot in one meal? Then I’d say yes that’s greedy! I use 500g with onion/celery/garlic/herbs and 2 cartons of passata. This does 8 servings of pasta. But if you’re going to enjoy it, go for it!
Fuck it, protein the living shit out of your dinner.
Defo mate my muscle mass has doubled over night
I am delighted for you and your amino acids.
Yeah that’s too much. Way too much garlic as well!
I always face this conundrum 250g is too small You could go to 300, but then your left with 200g for next time, and 200 is too small Answer - Eat 500g
Take away the pasta and garlic bread, and triple up on the mince!
In the past I made a *really good* tagliatelle Bolognese to portion into 8 and freeze the rest with a kilo of mince, a whole load of onions etc. Of course all the Bolognese was gone that night! (Luckily I'd only done one portion of pasta at least.)
I think you need a new mrs.
Depends on your size and how much energy you burn up. Like when I used to work out a lot I could have eaten that for lunch and had the same again for tea and still need more food. Now, while I'm taking a break from working out I'd split that meal in 2 and have it as my main meal for two days, probably even skip the garlic bread.
I think there’s no greedy mince tagliatelle police. I’d add another red onion and bell pepper to balance out the flavor so the meat taste isn’t overpowering. But you do you!
I'd save some for other stuff, but you do you. We're all greedy sometimes.
If you eat it all, then no. You paid for it, you cook it, you eat it. I personally couldn't eat that much, not spag bol anyway.
Go for it!! A nice balanced meal that… I’d be slapping on half a block of cheddar aswell
I cook my ragu with 500g beef mince and 400g pork mince, 500g of soffrito, a whole bottle of red wine, a whole tube of tomato puree, one tin of Italian chopped tomatoes, Italian herbs and a couple of beef stock cubes. That amount is enough for me to make 4 lots of spaghetti/tagliatelle/rigatoni ragu for three people (12 portions of sauce). I don’t think I could manage 500g of mince plus garlic bread on my own!
Your tomato puree to tinned tomato ratio is absolutely bonkers. I do a tablespoon of puree for a can, with a few cherry toms thrown in before the simmer.
It’s because I use a whole bottle of wine plus I rinse the tin with water to get all the tomatoes out and add that as well. It works. People also question the lack of garlic in my method. It doesn’t need it at all.
Providing you wash it down with a lot of beer you'll balance it out. It is Friday and the football is on later so go for it. 😈
Go for the 750g pack
Don’t forget the masses of CHEESE!!
500g of Mince makes 4 adult portions of Bolognese/mince and tatties/chilli con carnie for me
I used 500g of mince today to make a lasagne. Four portions.
OP if you’re hungry you’re hungry, you don’t need our validation to eat that much mince
How much pasta with it?
Nope! Go for it
Yes
I get 4 2 patty smash burgers from 500g mince
This would be dinner and lunch for me but you do you fat lad
You do you 🤷🏻♀️
Have you seen fallout? It could all go up in a mushroom cloud at any moment. Eat your 500g of mince and enjoy it!
I'm more concerned by the bulb of garlic!? Please tell me you mean clove!
Nope! But make sure you get Aberdeen angus mince!
Always pick at a bit a wee bit later on or the next day
I bet you're full 🤣 I'm currently lean bulking so I'm eating a lot of food especially protein, and I would personally split this in two. But fair do's, hope it was delicious!
Way greedy but whatever
What cheese are you adding? I could wolf it down with parmasan
I mean probably healthier than a takeaways
Very greedy, enjoy!!!
A full bulb of garlic!?
EAT IT.
Guess it depends how fat you are 😂
Yes but it's tummy, so do it and balance it out with the rest of the meals you eat after. 😋🤤
i would say it’s indulgent but it’s the weekend, people polish off a large mixed kebab and no one blinks an eye. “greedy” is very loaded!
I'd eat that easy then fucking shit it out
Some people eat a lot… I don’t think it’s greedy at all! Unless…. you’re saying that the 500g was meant for the both of you, and your Mrs doesn’t have anything else to eat.. then yeah.. maybe you are a tad greedy. lol!
500g with only one tin of tomatoes will make a much thicker bolognaise which will obviously serve fewer people. I usually use 3 tins with 500g meat and it serves 4 generously.
Half a kilo of meat is generally quite a lot, if you were eating just this for bodybuilding I’d get it, but as part of a meal it’s not a small amount. Take your personal weight and see how much .5kg is, I bet you’ll be surprised
Yes, but you do you
No
Divorce your wife...no one should tell u that ur greedy...
That's a lot of garlic too
I'd be more interested in how you ate 500g of beef mince in one sitting
With ease my friend
That's like 3-4 portions of bolognese. How hungry were you?
I missed lunch!! Hate missing meals
Sorry. From the United States. Is mince, mince meat?
Ground beef
Mince - short for minced beef . Mince meat - not meat , but fruit , suet & sugar .( pie filling ) Seems deliberately confusing , look for the D at the end of mince if following a uk recipe , else you might end up with a really weird meal . Like a Christmas pie tasting cottage pie or a cottage pie tasting dessert .
I mean yeah that’s a lot of mince for one portion but if you can eat it all and enjoy it then go ahead.
Little bit, but who cares? If you don’t eat it in one, have the rest for breakfast
My mum always said “greed is taking a lot then not eating it all”. So no, it’s not greed. It _is_ gluttony, though.
I live as a sinner mate. But defo not a food waster
Do what you want but I will say that’s a lot of mince to consume in one sitting. Gout sucks apparently
Fat feck, do it because I would
Yes and well done
That’s half a kilogram of food in just the meat alone
Lasts me 4 meals just bulk it out with veg, add 2 onions and some grated carrots as well
Naa . Mince is cheap .
Ignore greedy for a second because greedy us fine every now and then. It's pretty unhealthy
Was extra lean mince though
500g is what I normally use for 2 people, then save what's left for a couple lunches afterwards!
Wow. Basically spag bol with tagliatelle. Def 8 portions but if you're built like a greyhound .. I'd apply the happy wife principle myself.
500g of red meat for one person? Equivelant of 4 quarter pounders in one sitting? Nah, go for it.
Yes, it feeds four people. However, if you've bought it and it's not for a family meal then go for it, although I'd keep near a loo if I were you!
500g would do four portions here, as a 'bolognish' on spag/tag etc, with a bit of a side salad. I wouldn't need bread with it. There are only two of us, so eat half, freeze half. There's absolutely no way I could get through all that to mayself.
It's over a lb so maybe a tad too much for one, but hey, if you can manage it, get for'd lad😋
Depends what you’ve ate the rest of the day and how much you’ve exercised.
I don’t think so. But then I am a greedy bastard with terrible portion control so maybe I’m not the best person to listen to
Nah, enjoy mate.
No.
Tell your Mrs to wind her neck in lad 😝
Just do it! Life’s short. If you have extra you might find someone who didn’t bring enough.
Even shorter if you eat like that.
That made me laugh!
I eat an obscene amount of food so don't use me as an average but I wouldn't consider that unmanageable, give is it for tea and supper and it's not even an issue - don't listen mate, you'll waste away avin little portions, get the 500g cooked n get it wolfed down.